A look at some of the sights from APTA's 2021 TRANSform & Expo, which was held in Orlando, Fla., in November.
The contract has a base term of one year with 13 one-year renewal terms, and it also marks New Flyer’s first bus order from U-M.
Financing covers new and pre-owned buses and coaches, infrastructure development (including hardware, software, and support services offered by NFI Infrastructure Solutions), and vehicle batteries.
This follows the news of Foothill Transit’s initial order of 20 fuel cell-electric buses, which was announced in October.
In 2020, New Flyer announced North America’s first deployment of automated transit buses into revenue service, in a pilot project with the Connecticut Department of Transportation.
The new five-year contract is supported by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds.
The program, whose module development leveraged existing programming from NFI subsidiary Motor Coach Industries (MCI), is intended for expansion and launch across NFI’s other major manufacturing facilities in future.
The unveiling occurred at MTD’s maintenance facility in Urbana, Illinois.
The order will be under a three-year contract and it is supported by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds.
The Xcelsior Charge H2 is a battery-electric vehicle that uses compressed hydrogen as an energy source and range extender.
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